Publication details
Logotherapy in Use of Social Work
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| Year of publication | 2004 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | TISSA Social Work and Society 2004 |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Sociology, demography |
| Keywords | logotherapy; social work; enviromental model |
| Description | The following article is discussing the use of logotherapy, developed by V. E. Frankl as a humanistic and existentialist branch of psychotherapy. Logotherapists see a connection between the occurance of the noogene neurosis and the free time, a new phenomenon in the 20. century, connected to changes in society and work conditions of people. The underlying thesis of this article is that, through using prismatic spectacles of social ecological theory, logotherapy can be used in social work. I would like to show that logotherapy has a potential for being used not only by psychotherapists, but also in social work. The main body of thus defined social work is understood as a person in environment in H. Bartletts tradition and social ecological theory in social work, see C. Germain). By definition of logotherapy I will show how the basic principles of logotherapy are topical and useful for application by a social worker (specialist) in todays society. |